Kieron kicks on to win Beast of Blacks 20-Miler
MONROSS Trailblazer Kieron Brown went the extra mile heading a near-200 strong field in a 20-mile race over the Black Mountains.

The appropriately-named Beast of the Blacks in mid-March saw runners race over the mountains in a loop starting and finishing at Llanbedr Village Hall, with Kieron storming home first in three hours seven minutes 16 seconds, followed seven minutes back by Ben Orton of Cardiff University AC.
Maya Lewis was first woman home in 3.51.41, just over a minute ahead of Anne Turner.
There was also a two-lap 40-miler, with Robert Baines of Stopsley Striders striding home first in 7.04.14, just over seven minutes ahead of Tenby Aces’ Edward Clements, with fastest woman in 8.08.47 Rebecca Hormann.
An 11-miler was a comparative sprint, but still a massive test of endurance, with Pavel Teklinski of Somerset Canicross first home in 1.43.19, and fastest woman Evangeline Baker in 1.56.44.
The weekend before last saw the Forest of Dean Spring Half Marathon, with Trailblazers’ Faye Johnson placing a superb 40th overall and sixth woman in 1.30.02.

Club mates Andrew Beechey were 195th in 1.48, Gary Griffiths and Tony Davies 237th and 238th running together in 1.52 and Rachael Aitken was 489th/147th female in 2.11.
Meanwhile Kieron didn’t take long to recover, storming his way to a 10km PB at the first ever running of the RunThrough Gloucester 10km and Half Marathon event on Sunday having run the Monmouth parkrun 24 hours earlier..

This article was originaly posted in the Ross Gazette
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